A Fatal Obsession

By: Faith Martin

Narrated by: Stephanie Racine

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‘A brilliant book! The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of genius.’ Clare Chase

Oxford, 1960. Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday is smart and enthusiastic but always underestimated. To keep her out of the way, her senior officer assigns her to assist Coroner Clement Ryder as he reopens the case of a young woman’s mysterious death. Trudy can't believe her luck – she is finally going to be working on a real murder investigation.

Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy investigating a series of threats and murders in the local community, and Clement can't help but feel it's all linked.

As Trudy and Clement form an unexpected partnership, can they catch the killer before more lives are lost?

‘Absolutely loved it… The characters were some of the best I’ve read in a long time.’ Angela Marsons

Readers love Faith Martin:

‘Absolutely perfect! This is the book I have been craving since I last read the Thursday Murder Club series!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Very entertaining… Full of red herrings, plot twists and turns. I thought I knew who was the killer but I was wrong’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Have become an addict of Faith Martin – love her novels' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This author's books are soothing to the soul. Her characters are likable, and the plots always keep me guessing. Excellent fun'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Critic reviews

‘A beautifully crafted crime mystery I could not put down.’ Anita Davison, author of the Flora Maguire series

‘A brilliant book! The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of genius.’ Clare Chase, author of the Eve Mallow and Tara Thorpe mysteries

‘Absolutely loved it… The characters were some of the best I’ve read in a long time.’ Angela Marsons, no. 1 bestselling author of the Kim Stone series

Could not stop listening!

I became a Faith Martin’s fan. Awesome story (I will not say what I liked about the story to not give away any spoilers) with a great style. Enough detail to give color on characters and not too much to be boring. Great hints of humor. Perfect narration.

That was excellent

I absolutely love Faith Martin's writing. She does a marvelous job with character building. There were so many surprises in this book. The book absolutely flows through to the end where everything makes sense. Just another great book. The narration was so well done I could forget that I was listening to someone reading to me. Excellent narration.

Great new series

Enjoyed it. Would recommend it. Would listen to another. Not too corny and the ending is possibly which a lot of books don't have these days.

Another good read by Faith Martin!

I miss my Hillary Greene and Jenny Starling series, but maybe this series woul end up being just a good. This book is definitely not a bad start to a new set of mysteries!

well done!

i enjoyed the Narration very much. The story kept my attention because it was darn good!